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Whole New Worlds

The Spiral Dance of the Cyborg and the Goddess

“During the spiral dance, each participant at a given moment is facing each other, and meets her gaze. It seems that here the cyborg and the Goddess have indeed exchanged a look, that a connection has taken place, the manifestation of which is, and can only be, a certain joy.” *

There may have been joyful connections between Goddesses and cyborgs before Donna Haraway wrote her Cyborg manifesto. Notably in the pages of The Witch and the Chameleon, the first feminist science-fiction fanzine created in 1974 by Amanda Bankier, which will be followed by many others, starting with Janus and Aurora. To dive into these archives is to be moved to see the work of people who shared our dreams and aspirations some fifty years ago!

On my side, I was overjoyed to meet ÎŞan Larue, who wrote Libère-toi cyborg ! my bedtime book since I read it a year ago. We did an interview that will be at the heart of this new cycle of publications on Expo156. We’ll come back to the novels mentioned in the Cyborg manifesto, but not only. We will also talk about dinosaur goddesses, all flower, hope…

It will also be about hope in the new visual selection on Instagram. Composed with the contribution of ÎŞan Larue, it will be a stroll along along a polychrome earth, strewn with regenerating organisms. This stroll will continue by going to meet some great initiatives related to queer and feminist SF!

(Version française)

“Lors de la danse spirale, chaque participant/e Ă  un moment donnĂ© fait face Ă  chaque autre, et croise son regard. Il semble qu’ici la cyborg et la DĂ©esse aient en effet Ă©changĂ© un regard, qu’une connexion ait eu lieu, dont la manifestation est, et ne peut ĂŞtre que, une certaine joie.” *

Des rencontres joyeuses entre Déesses et cyborgs il y en a peut-être eu avant l’écriture du Manifeste cyborg de Donna Haraway. Notamment dans les pages de The Witch and the Chameleon, premier fanzine de science-fiction féministe crée en 1974 par Amanda Bankier, qui sera suivi de bien d’autres, à commencer par Janus et Aurora. Plonger dans ces archives, c’est être émue de voir des travaux de personnes qui partageaient nos rêves et nos aspirations il y a déjà une cinquantaine d’années !

De mon cĂ´tĂ©, j’ai Ă©tĂ© infiniment heureuse de rencontrer ÎŞan Larue, qui a Ă©crit Libère-toi Cyborg !, mon livre de chevet depuis que je l’ai lu il y a un an. Nous avons rĂ©alisĂ© une interview qui sera au cĹ“ur de ce nouveau cycle de publications sur Expo156. Nous reviendrons sur les romans citĂ©s dans le Manifeste cyborg, mais pas seulement. On parlera aussi de DĂ©esses dinosaures, de murailles de fleurs, d’espoir…

Et d’espoir il en sera aussi question dans la nouvelle sélection visuelle sur Instagram. Composée avec la contribution de Ϊan Larue, elle prendra la forme d’une balade le long d’une terre polychrome, jonchée d’organismes en régénérations. Cette balade se poursuivra en allant à la rencontre de quelques chouettes initiatives relatives à la SF queer et féministe !

Charline Kirch

*Isabelle Stengers in “Crafting hope at the edge of the abyss” // *Isabelle Stengers dans “Fabriquer de l’espoir au bord du gouffre”

Feature image credits // CrĂ©dits image de couverture : Lee Bul, “Cravings”, 1989. Performance, Jang Heung, Korea.

I would like to thank ÎŞan for her help, her availability, and all that she taught me. Also this work would not have been possible without Élise Deubel and Garance Henry, so it is dedicated to them! // Je remercie ÎŞan pour son aide, sa disponibilitĂ© et tout ce qu’elle m’a appris. Aussi ce travail n’aurait pas vu le jour sans Élise Deubel et Garance Henry, il leur est dĂ©diĂ© !

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Something is Happening

Something is clearly happening. This is something we said to each other at “Hortus Conclusus”, the last exhibition I had the pleasure of visiting, organized by students from the art school in the city where I live. These words every time they are pronounced make me feel an immense joy, an impatience about the future and a sense of gratitude to be experiencing the best that the present is able to offer us. Something is happening, we are unable to name this something, but yet we can feel it collectively, deep inside ourselves. It is something that is related to the most beautiful energy. It is no longer a question of being afraid to create beauty, or even to force ourselves to do it. The dualisms are slowly disappearing. And many things that previously seemed contradictory now seem complementary. There is something that is becoming unlocked, liberated, open. I think of the keys of NaĂŻa Combary, which she talks about so well in “Women artists are dangerous”, the podcast in which she was invited. There are magical objects that can unlock things in our mind, to empower us. There is something clearly to do with feminist, queer, anti-racist and environmentalist struggles that give us so much hope, and project us into worlds so much more dignified. Blossoming, rebirth and regenerating worlds where there is always something happening.

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Il se passe clairement quelque chose. C’est quelque chose que nous nous sommes dit Ă  “Hortus Conclusus”, la dernière exposition que j’ai eu le bonheur de visiter, organisĂ©e par des Ă©tudiant.e.s aux Beaux-Arts de la ville dans laquelle je rĂ©side. Ces mots Ă  chaque fois qu’ils sont prononcĂ©s me plongent dans une joie immense, une impatience dans l’avenir et un sentiment de gratitude de pouvoir vivre le meilleur dont le prĂ©sent est capable de nous offrir. Il se passe quelque chose, nous sommes incapables de nommer ce quelque chose, mais pourtant nous pouvons arriver Ă  le ressentir collectivement, au fond de nous-mĂŞmes, intĂ©rieurement. C’est quelque chose qui a Ă  voir avec la plus belle des Ă©nergies. Il n’est plus question d’avoir peur de crĂ©er du beau, ni mĂŞme de s’obliger Ă  le faire. Les dualismes s’effacent peu Ă  peu. Et beaucoup de choses qui semblaient jusqu’alors contradictoires nous paraissent dĂ©sormais complĂ©mentaires. Il y a quelque chose qui est en train de se dĂ©bloquer, de se libĂ©rer, de s’ouvrir. Je pense aux clĂ©s de NaĂŻa Combary dont elle parle si bien dans « Les femmes artistes sont dangereuses Â», le podcast dans lequel elle a Ă©tĂ© invitĂ©e. Il y a des objets magiques Ă  mĂŞme de dĂ©verrouiller des choses dans notre esprit, de nous empouvoirer. Il y a quelque chose d’Ă©vident Ă  voir avec les luttes fĂ©ministes, queer, antiracistes et Ă©cologistes qui nous donnent beaucoup d’espoir, et nous projettent dans des mondes tellement plus dignes. Des mondes en fleurs, renaissants et rĂ©gĂ©nĂ©rĂ©s oĂą il se passe toujours quelque chose.

Hortus Conclusus

Text by Charline Kirch // Texte par Charline Kirch

I thank from the bottom of my heart all the people I met and those who were involved in “Hortus Conclusus”. Élise Deubel and Garance Henry, Talking Shell and Proxima2000taur for your precious feedbacks. Élise Deubel, NaĂŻa Combary and Marie LĂ©on for your wonderful keys. NaĂŻa Combary for this magical podcast.

Je remercie du fond du cĹ“ur toutes les personnes que j’ai rencontrĂ©es et celles qui ont pris part Ă  “Hortus Conclusus”. Élise Deubel et Garance Henry, Talking Shell et Proxima2000taur pour vos prĂ©cieux retours. Élise Deubel, NaĂŻa Combary et Marie LĂ©on pour vos magnifiques clĂ©s. NaĂŻa Combary pour ce podcast magique.

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25 names of artistic movements you would like to see emerge in the coming years.

A few days ago, I asked my followers in a GI story to suggest imaginary names for art movements they would like to see emerge in the coming years. Having received many beautiful answers, I have chosen to share 25 of them in this article!

Moreover, I suggest to continue this speculative activity to all creators who recognize themselves in these names by using them as hashtags to define their artistic works.

N.E.S.T (Nature-Empowered StoryTelling)

Intuitive unlearned expression

Art Terraforming : When a large place is repurposed by all types of art and installations

Fleurisme

Britneyism

Holographic existentialists

Eco horror

Futur-church

Inter-Dimensional Surrealism

HydroFluid

Dental romanticism

After renaissance rebirth

Aquatic mutation with its new habitat, emergence of new skins

Digital Arte Povera

Vibro-Empathic Holotesselationism

Symbiocenist

Nonexistencialism. The art of existing as little as possible

Experimental fauna genre paintings

Hornynism

Intergalactic Fashion Union

Alienation

Post plague paintings

Accelerationism and anti-accelerationism

Metamorphism

Healing vibes manifest

I would like to thank all the people who participated in this exercise and Alix Desaubliaux, without whom I wouldn’t have had the idea to do it !

Image credit : Annihilation, 2018, by Alex Garland

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